Comprehensive Model for the Formation of Quality Managerial Elite According to the Principle of Meritocracy

Abstract

An innovative approach to the formation of an effective managerial elite capable of organizing the Ukrainian nation on its way to civilizational development and accession to the EU with its own "face" is considered. The technological possibilities of implementing the meritocracy principle (based on merit) in the education system and the field of labor, including among the authorities, are shown.Based on the analysis of elites' theory, two of their main concepts related to management, which are the subject of research, are defined. The first is the value elite, which consists of the best representatives with their respective qualities. The second, the most widespread, are citizens in power, who exert managerial influence in all spheres of social organization. The article proposes a solution to the problem of the formation of a quality elite by combining these two concepts by introducing a four-stage model of the formation of a quality managerial elite based on the principles of meritocracy, which is associated with institutional changes in the system of public administration and education in the direction of their transition to a culture of system management based on final results.Technologies for determining the final results of organizations' activities at each level, where those results are naturally manifested in the process of training or labor, are considered. At the same time, the fact that the determination of the final results is possible thanks to the digitalization of educational and labor processes using factor-criterion quality metrics, which allows the expression of the final results digitally in the form of indices, is highlighted.It has been proven that the final results at the first basic level of education (school) are indices of the competitiveness of the graduates. The second degree (higher education) are indices of competitiveness of the graduates of higher education institutions. At the third level of labor activity are indices of qualification, taking into account large-scale thinking and knowledge of "related work" (to be engaged in the business to which one is attracted and tends to be attracted). At the fourth stage of postgraduate education are indices of scientific training of applicants for high management positions. An educational and thematic plan for the training of specialists for entering the managerial elite of the national level is proposed, aimed at clarifying the new human-centered management course of the civilizational development of post-war Ukraine.The article proves that the principle of meritocracy (based on merit) is implemented in education thanks to the participation of many "experts" (teachers, students themselves, their parents, fellow students, and teachers) in diagnosing the resulting activity of education seekers. And a benefit is the control of previous results by obtaining the next ones in senior classes. Successes in labor activities are recorded by actually achieved results that are not directly influenced by money, social status, or connections with influential people.